“Prescribed absolute rest in an isolated estate, a confined woman begins to see terrifying secrets stir behind the peeling wallpaper.”
Diagnosed with nervous depression following childbirth, a young woman is sequestered by her physician husband in an isolated colonial mansion. Forbidding her from working, writing, or intellectual stimulation, he imposes the standard nineteenth-century rest cure. Confined to an upstairs room with barred windows and decaying, bilious yellow wallpaper, her enforced idleness soon turns toxic. As the days stretch on, the paper's erratic, chaotic patterns warp into an obsession, and a desperate figure seems to crawl behind its surface. Gilman's chilling masterpiece is an unforgettable study of psychological disintegration and patriarchal control.
“My brother is also a physician, and also of high standing, and he says the same thing.”
“I had a friend who was in his hands once, and she says he is just like John and my brother, only more so!”
“You see I have something more to expect, to look forward to, to watch.”
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Public-domain work (1892). Text: Project Gutenberg #1952. The Spanish version is an AI-assisted translation and may contain errors. Digital edition by Inkora Stories. Learn more